Getting to know...Aqib Talib

Summary of 10 articles · Updated Oct 14, 2013

The bad news is that cornerback Aqib Talib is injured. There's no question that Aqib Talib has made the Patriots' secondary better since he was acquired last Nov. They have one in Aqib Talib and we’re seeing how that type of player can be a difference-mak… (more)er, as Talib has matched up almost exclusively against tight end Jimmy Graham and has held his own. Cornerback Aqib Talib, instrumental in shutting down Saints tight end Jimmy Graham , left the game in the third quarter with what the team said was a hip injury. Talib is proving to be a shutdown corner . It was undetermined which plays Talib and Connolly were injured on. Talib has a unique combination of physicality and athleticism, and this matchup was something that was foreshadowed twice leading into the game first in Bruschi’s Breakdown , and then in colleague Field Yates’ weekly X’s and O’s thought .

Injured Talib walks through locker room

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- With the Patriots' thrilling 30-27 victory over the Saints nearly 24 hours old, the focus has shifted from the improbable game-winning drive to the team's injury situation. Along those lines, cornerback Aqib Talib walked through the…

Talib has hip flexor injury

The good news for the Patriots is that they came back and won a game that roughly half the people at Gillette Stadium assumed they’d lose. The bad news is that cornerback Aqib Talib is injured. Per a league source, Talib has suffered a strained hip flex…

Rapid Reaction: New England Patriots

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- A few thoughts on the New England Patriots' 30-27 victory over the New Orleans Saints: What it means: A stunner. Playing without tight end Rob Gronkowski for the sixth straight game to open the season, the Patriots were in good posi…

Jerod Mayo’s arm in sling after game

The Patriots pulled a 30-27 victory out of their hats against the Saints on Sunday, but the effort came with a few injuries that could hurt the team moving forward. Tom Curran of CSN New England reports that linebacker Jerod Mayo left the stadium with h…

Sharing some halftime thoughts

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Sharing some halftime thoughts as the New England Patriots lead the New Orleans Saints, 17-7: Best half of the season. It doesn’t seem like a stretch to call this the Patriots’ best half of the season. They have bounced back with a …